Euclid woman accused of hitting juveniles with car gets split verdict

A Euclid woman who was accused of hitting two juveniles with her car in Cleveland Heights while her 2-year-old daughter was in her vehicle was partially convicted Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

Jennifer Sternbach, 20, went on trial April 8 before Judge Lance Mason on two assault counts and one count of endangering children.

She was found guilty on one count of aggravated assault.

The non-jury trial concluded in two days, but Mason did not announce his verdict until Tuesday.

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Sternbach was arrested Aug. 27 after striking the two boys while at the Sunoco gas station on Lee Road, according to the county Prosecutor's Office.

Prosecutors said the incident began after Sternbach got into a verbal altercation with the juveniles while standing outside her car.

She drove off northbound on Lee Road after accelerating toward the victims, prosecutors said.

Sternbach faces up to 18 months in prison when she is sentenced May 30.